![Countless anti-LGBTQ+ attacks occur worldwide each year. Whether it’s a deadly shooting or hateful comments in the classroom, discrimination against LGBTQ+ people persists despite strong advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LGBTQ-Heart--900x600.png)
Targeted for existing
Addie Gleason, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• April 24, 2023
![Missouri residents gather to protest the signing of an anti-trans bill proposed by the Republican Senate. The proposed bill would ban transgender girls from participating in youth sports on girls teams. “At least in the past, laws have only tried to prevent transgender [students] from participating in certain activities, which is already scary,” senior Quinn Gilles said. “Transgender minors barely have any rights, [but] when you thought it couldn’t get worse, now laws are preventing us from being ourselves.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FeaturedPhto-900x600.webp)
Protect our transgender youth
Pathfinder Editorial Board
• March 31, 2023
![School should be a safe space for all students regardless of race, religion, gender or sexuality. However, bullying and exclusion can turn productive learning environments into places of fear and distress. Finding a solution to this discrimination is imperative in ensuring every student has a positive learning environment and equal opportunity to succeed.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-1635-900x675.jpg)
Capable, curious, caring, corrupted
Pathfinder Editorial Board
• December 31, 2022
![There are hundreds of labels within the LGBTQ community, much lacking proper representation.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/labeled-900x600.png)
Labeled
Addie Gleason, Managing Editor in Chief
• May 17, 2022
![The influence of religion on public education discussions has grown: we have to protect the secularism of public education while remaining respectful to all groups.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/File_001.png)
Drawing the line between religion and state
Pathfinder Editorial Board
• March 31, 2022
![Transgender students and other members of the LGBTQ+ community gather to support a petition for gender-neutral bathrooms, wanting to gain access to a gender-neutral bathroom on each floor of the school.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Copy-of-INCLUSIVE-BATHROOM-900x450.jpg)
Transgender and non-binary students petition for gender-neutral bathrooms
Elle Rotter, Awards Coordinator
• February 8, 2022
![Scroll through to find your next great read from the best of 2021.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Untitled-design-1-1-900x675.jpg)
The Best Pages of our Last Chapter
Elizabeth Franklin, Staff Writer
• January 18, 2022
![Media plays a significant role in creating, shaping and reflecting societys prejudices.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Stop-Normalizing-900x506.jpg)
Prejudice in the media
Sarah Boland, Staff Writer
• December 17, 2021
![When someone goes through a name, gender or sexual identity change, it can be hard to make that transition due to our current social norms. People outside of the community can help people transition their identities by understanding pronouns, dead names, and understanding gender and sexual identities. “I think it is very important as a school and as individuals and as a society, that we look at an individual as an individual and that we are treating everyone in a realm that we would want to be treated regardless of the similarities and differences,” Principal Jeremy Mitchell said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Your-words-matter-900x675.png)
Your words matter: expanding knowledge about the LGBTQ+ community.
Elle Rotter, Awards Coordinator
• November 14, 2021
![The semicolon tattoo is a symbol of perseverance for people who struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/unnamed-6-900x600.jpg)
The semicolon is more than punctuation
Addie Gleason, Staff Writer
• November 11, 2021
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